Hi. I hope you don't mind my asking a question. I am re-watching season 3, and I'm on 'Tallahassee' right now. Emma is supposed to be 18 when she gets pregnant with Henry, right? But, how old is Neal supposed to be? Do we have any idea? Because I'm just watching them and thinking wow he looks really old. And that just might be the actor (just like they're using JMo), but it made me curious if he's supposed to be much older. Thanks!
I think that’s been a subject of some debate for a while, actually. I think Emma was 18 when she gave birth, so she was either 17 or 18 when she got pregnant. According to his wanted poster, Neal was born in ‘77 so he would have been 24 when he met Emma.
Both Neal and Emma look older than their supposed ages in the flashbacks. The actress who plays young!Emma now, Abby Ross, is actually about the right age now, so if you want to picture Emma at age 18 then she’d be more realistic in terms of looks. And Neal would look a lot younger as well. I’d look at Dylan O’Brien for a more realistic idea of what he’d have looked like, I think Dylan is about the right age now.
That’s as far as I know. I’m gonna publish this so that others can weigh in if there’s something I missed or if I’m wrong, which is entirely possible!












